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Auction House Says Art Sales Were Up Sharply In First Half Of 2008
"Christie's sold 1.8 billion pounds ($3.6 billion) of art and collectibles over the six months, compared with 1.6 billion pounds in the same period a year earlier, according to an e-mailed statement reld today. Auction sales include London-based Christie's fees."
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Public Art When It's Lost Its Public
"With thousands of murals and sculptures in public spaces, the question of what to do with such art that its owner no longer wants is likely to come up more and more."
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Arts&Culture Rascally rabbits Artist Dan Seward enlists his friends to create epic animal stories.
The current Another Gallery exhibit is the first time visual artist and graphic designer Dan Seward has ever shown the work from his Oggy’s...
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Dance festival in Grove to celebrate Yoruban culture
This weekend, Coconut Grove will celebrate a culture created in Cuba during the slave trade. The Yoruban culture and the religion Santería, or Regla de Ocha, which was brought to Cuba by the Yorubans of West Africa, are the by-products of slavery, according to Ifé-Ilé's Artistic and Executive Director Neri Torres. With dance workshops and seminars, the Ifé-Ilé ...
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Columns Fifteen Minutes Art of love Chico teens Amalia Crumm and Robbie McNulty bring their painting skills to ...
Sixteen-year-old Amalia Crumm said she wanted to “make a beautiful addition to the town’s already ravishing beauty” when she submitted a proposal to paint...
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Kolkata's landmark Old Silver Mint to be re-incarnated
By Aparajita Gupta, Kolkata, July 17 : Eight developers have bid for a Rs.1.5-billion project that will see the Old Silver Mint, a fine piece of Grecian architecture on Strand Road here, developed into a museum, hotel and food court, an official associated with the project said.
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Ring of triumph
Sculpture heads to Beijing as skier's Olympic dreams zigzag art As a young boy, John Van Alstine dreamed of being an Olympic skier. At 55, he finally has made it to the games. It isn't his skill on the slopes that has elevated the Johnstown native. Instead, it's his abilities as a sculptor. Selected from among 2,800 international artists, Van Alstine is one of only four Americans selected by ...
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New Natural History Exhibition Reveals the Impact of Soil on All Life on Earth
There are more living creatures in a shovel-full of soil than human beings on the planet, yet more is known about the dark side of the moon than about soil.
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A pie from the sky: DIA place setting for "pizza"
Pizza maker Papa John's is promoting its whole-wheat crust made from Colorado-milled grain by carving a pizza into the wheat fields near Denver International Airport runways.
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Putting the haute in hotel
At the same time that Denver streets, public art, theaters and arenas are getting gussied up to host next month's Democratic National Convention and its roughly 50,000 attendees, several area hotels have also undergone extensive face-lifts.
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The Short List
JAZZ Cathedral Park Jazz Festival Portland’s longest-running free jazz gathering west of the Mississippi is a great way to expose yourself to the bountiful talent that exists in this region. This year’s event includes blues great Curtis Salgado, the extraordinary big band ...
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Painting stolen from hospital
Police today appealed for help to recover a painting that was cut from its frame and stolen from North Devon District Hospital. The thief struck at the Radiology Department between 1pm and 5pm on Monday, leaving behind an empty frame.
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James Gill Full Circle - Official Nomination for Best Short Documentary, AOF Film Festival Pasadena CA, July 29th
"James Gill Full Circle" is an Official Nomination for Best Short Documentary at the AOF Film Festival in Pasadena, CA on July 29, 2008. This film takes a provocative look at one of America's pop art pioneers.
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National Potters Exhibit and Conference Comes to Indianapolis, Hosted by American Art Clay Company (AMACO/Brent)
The Potters Council will hold their Regional Conference and Exhibition "Surface, Form & Substance" during the month of September 2008, hosted by the American Art Clay Company (AMACO/Brent) which has provided ceramic art education and manufactured ceramic art equipment and supplies in Indianapolis, Indiana since 1919.
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TattooFinder.com Launches Tattoos-101: Your Trusted Online Tattoo Community Resource
TattooFinder.com, a leader in online tattoo-friendly artwork sales, introduces Tattoos-101.com. This authoritative knowledgebase compiles information for tattoo newcomers, collectors, artists and professionals into a full guide of design selection tips, safety precautions, artist selection considerations and much more.
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Jake Records Invades X Fest Music Festival
Seattle-based Jake Records Sends Four Artists To Rock Central California's Biggest Summer Show
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International festival an effort to bring classical music back to the theater
Classical pianist Paul Sanchez hopes to show people that classical music isn't stuffy. For the second year, Sanchez brings a roster of up-and-coming pianists to the Washington Pavilion for his Dakota Sky International Music Festival, today through July 31. "We've put many of the great composers in sort of a glass case _ Bach, Brahms, Beethoven _ but they were writing while they were full of ...
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Renowned Photographers Join the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico October – November 2008
In the fall of 2008, the Santa Fe Photographic Workshops presents its eigth annual series of one-week photography workshops in the historic Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende. Veteran Santa Fe Workshops instructors lead 10 workshops in personal vision, figure study, documentary story telling, travel photography, and portraiture, along with workshops exploring Mexican culture and heritage.
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OCMUSICFEST09.COM Partners With Betheshirt.com to Develop Great Designs for Charity
IRVINE, Calif.----Orange County's newest regional music festival today announces their partnership with Be The Shirt for the Be The Shirt band/artist t-shirt design contest. The winner will receive $250 cash and 8 all-access passes to the festival's inaugural 3-day event.
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Continuing its blockbuster trend, FAC highlights Picasso
Beginning with the reign of former CEO Michael De Marsche, part of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center's programming has focused on high-profile shows built around legends and iconic figures.
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Nyack-style jazz sits in for a week
There's jazz all over the lower Hudson Valley this month - from a village green (New Rochelle) to an international festival (Katonah's Caramoor) - but from July 20 to 27, jazz fans know to go to Nyack.
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Knee deep in Finns: Naselle Festival celebrates culture and community
When the Finns who live along the lower Columbia celebrate their heritage, they leave no fin unflapped. Every other summer for 26 years, the community has organized a weekend packed with song, dance, games, stories, food and art firmly grounded in Finnish sisu — the feisty spirit of their culture.
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Pound Ridge artist featured in Norman Rockwell Museum
POUND RIDGE- Susan Manspeizer is an artist who is dedicated to her craft. So she was enthralled to have her piece "Bugged" included in the exhibit "In Full Bloom: Artist's Design Garden Gates" at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass.
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Timeless film keep viewers on edge
As part of the Jacob Burns Film Center’s Hitchcock Festival , “Vertigo” is said to be the most thought-provoking of Alfred Hitchcock’s many 1950s masterpieces. This dark, twisty and dream-like film is being shown at 5:30 and 8:15 tonight. With stellar performances by James Stewart as an ex-cop trying to protect a mysterious blonde, Kim Novak, plus stunning widescreen photography, subtle color ...
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Museum invites kids to paper-making class
The Southeast Museum will hold a children's paper-making workshop at 10:30 a.m. July 26.
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